Dream-boy of the night

A night just like this. This darkness filled with stars outside my window. This chilled and gentle breeze that has arrived from a distant land touches my face and letting my hairs softly flow with it. Shiny city lights forming a view of vast space. The peaceful silence of the night is filling my body and soul to rest. I feel so free and refreshed tonight. I can sense a glimpse of happiness out of this night which has nothing to offer me. The reflection of sky on the ponds and puddles are just as still as this silence.Looking at the moon and wondering who else would be looking at it too. The night is whispering, I may not be sober. No where to go. No food to eat. Nothing to work on.No movements to make. Nothing that I need to note. I do not have to hold anything in this night.Just me and this silence. My eyes are filled with the stars. Movements of the light blue curtains I can see... rustling of trees.. just when I was enjoying all of it something...occurred to me, it hit me deep.

Aren't I just too lonely? Unable to share the deep thoughts running inside my head. It feels like a winter fly stripped of its wings, or a river confronting the sea. What's this feeling called?

I am Mei Tachibana in her sweet twenties, but currently single. Just another workaholic of Japan. By the time I was in my high school I recognized one thing about all my companions, which was that they lacked something... what's that something? I don't even know.

On Friday evening of mild winter of the year... after work I was sitting in a park bench, looking at the trees shredding their leaves while grabbing a cane of warm coffee in my palm. I love the flavour of winter and how it is different from other seasons. Its the time when one would love a friend's warmth infront of the fire. Winters represent loneliness through trees by bringing out its skeletons. Seeing the forest and all the trees around, turning into bright red and joyful white camellia filling the void. The trees were losing its leaves which landed smoothly on earth by the cool but soft breeze once done with swinging in air. I suddenly thought that the trees are ready to let its leaves off to survive. Just how we can sacrifice our pleasures for comforts in life. I want to go home... but there's no family waiting for me. The sky's more orange as the sun sets..it's pretty.

I had a dream. I didn't really understand it.

The day would change my life cause there is something different about today, said my intuition. However, as usual everything felt dry when the evening arrived. I was rushing home while rubbing my palms together.... My gaze hit a man on a bench, who didn't look like he was having a good time.

I went up to him and said-"um... are you okay?"

It's not like I always talk to strangers but when I saw him I felt warm, voices in this dream told me to rely on my instincts and just assume that the man is trustworthy.

He looked up at me and said-"Miss, I'm really hungry. Do you mind spreading favors? I don't bite you know. I promise I'm a well mannered kid."